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Braxton Miller was sick. He had been for the entire week. But the Marquette guard did not want to use it as an excuse prior to the team's semistate game against Liberty Christian. "I don't think I'm on that level to have a flu game yet," Miller later joked, referencing Michael Jordan's famous performance in the NBA Finals against the Utah Jazz. Miller played nearly the entire game and helped the Blazers top the Lions 55-54 on March 21. "Braxton is a tough kid. He has battled various illnesses for almost two years now, but he keeps playing," Marquette coach Donovan Garletts said. The senior said he's feeling much better as Marquette prepares...

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Braxton Miller was sick. He had been for the entire week.But the Marquette guard did not want to use it as an excuse prior to the team's semistate game against Liberty Christian."I don't think I'm on that level to have a flu game yet," Miller...

Wednesday night, foul trouble limited Joakim Noah to 29 minutes, including 10 in an active fourth quarter, as the Bulls snapped a two-game skid with a 103-86 victory over the Pacers.
Wednesday morning, Noah showed even more leadership, calming two days...

Joakim Noah will be presented with the NBA Cares Community Assist award before Wednesday night's game against the Indiana Pacers for his recent anti-violence initiatives.
"I’m really proud," Noah said Wednesday. "A lot of people have...

Anthony Mason, the rugged power forward who was a defensive force in the NBA from the 1990s into the early 21st century, has died. He was 48.
New York Knicks spokesman Jonathan Supranowitz confirmed Mason's death, which was first reported Saturday by the...

INDIANAPOLIS — One of Tom Thibodeau's favorite sayings is that the fourth quarter has to be a team's best.
Friday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, the Bulls failed to meet that standard.
Tied after three quarters, the Bulls played flat down the...

Before he cemented his legend as a sharp-shooter for the Indiana Pacers, Reggie Miller the rookie tried to show Michael Jordan he had a sharp tongue too.
How did that work out for him?
Not too well. Not too well at all, the "NBA on TNT"...

TV/radio: 6 p.m. Friday; CSN, WMVP-AM 1000.
Storylines: The season series is split 1-1, with the each team having won on the other's home court. Indiana's Paul George has returned to practice after that gruesome leg injury suffered in a Team USA...

Gregg Popovich spent 19 seasons teaching his players how to use teamwork and ball movement to break down defenses.
The philosophy still works.
On a night San Antonio started the fourth quarter in a 14-point hole at Indiana, Popovich's principles paid...

President Barack Obama's proposal to make two years of community college free got a warm welcome Friday from Ivy Tech Community College students who heard about the plan during the president's town hall meeting in Indianapolis.More than 80 Ivy Tech...

Just about every fiber in Julian Wright's supple 6-foot-9-inch, 215-pound body is devoted to his life's passion--making the world a better place for those around him. On the court, the McDonald's All-American is a pass-first, spread-the-wealth forward...

The Bulls are reaping the rewards of coach Tom Thibodeau's mandate to play unselfishly.
"I think when you feel like you have a shot to win … to win big … I think it makes it a little bit easier to sacrifice," center Joakim Noah said....

TV/radio: 6 p.m. Monday; WGN-Ch. 9, WMVP-AM 1000.
Storylines: Kirk Hinrich is expected to miss his fourth straight game with a strained left hamstring. Aaron Brooks and E'Twaun Moore have played well in his absence. The Pacers are just 6-8 at home.
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The summary
The Bulls won their league-high 14th road game and seventh straight game overall despite blowing all of a 21-point lead with a dreadful fourth quarter. The 92-90 victory featured the Bulls missing their first 13 fourth-quarter field-goal...

INDIANAPOLIS — Even before he had practiced once with several new teammates, Derrick Rose proclaimed the 2014-15 Bulls to be the most talented team on which he has played.
This was back in July during Rose's USA Basketball stint, after the free agency...

Joakim Noah threads a bounce pass through two Indiana defenders to Derrick Rose, who lofts a baseline floater over the outstretched hand of Roy Hibbert for a basket.
Jimmy Butler cleans up Rose's miss off the glass.
A Pacers fan waves his...

Derrick Rose’s strained left hamstring is improving, but the Chicago Bulls guard will sit out Saturday’s home game against the Indiana Pacers. Rose, who suffered the injury late in Thursday’s victory over the Toronto Raptors, remains day to day.
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The summary
Despite finishing a back-to-back and missing six rotation players to injury, the Pacers downed the Bulls 99-90 Saturday night at the United Center. A.J. Price's 21 points off the bench, 21 points and 11 rebounds from Luis Scola and 21...

ESPN.com reports: The Chicago Bulls would be among four teams moving to the Western Conference under an NBA realignment plan being pushed by Mavericks owner Mark Cuban.Designed to make the long-downtrodden Eastern Conference more competitive, Cuban's plan...